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Looking Backward: True Stories From Chicago’s Jewish Past
By Walter Roth
Academy Chicago in association with the Chicago Jewish Historical Society, 273 pages, $27.95
History buffs will enjoy this book focused on some of the people and events that enlivened Chicago from the late 19th Century to the end of World War II. It doesn’t confine itself to intellectuals and business titans but includes colorful stories about such characters as fighter Kingfish Levinsky, novelist Meyer Levin and gang member Samuel “Nails” Morton.